Covered box.



No. 810,901. PATENTED JAN. so, 1906.

J. BERGOFF.

GOVERED BOX.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 14. 1905.

2 sums-sum 1.

PATENTED JAN. 30, 1906.

J. BERGOPF.

COVERED BOX.

APPLICATION FILED mm: 14 1905.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

m n A Q J H.

cover. suitable dies for applying the coverings to the UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JEWELRY CASE COMPANY, OF BUFFALO,

RATION OF NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, A CORPO- COVERED BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 30, 1906.

Application filed June 14, 1905. Serial No. 265,205.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JULIUS BERGOFF, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Covered Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates more especially to that class of boxes which are covered with velvet, leather, or other suitable material and which are provided with a neck for receiving the cover of the box and a block or cuShiOIl adapted to support a brooch, watch, or other article of jewelry. While the box is intended more especially for containing articles of this kind, it may be used for various other purposes.

The object of my invention is to simplify the construction of such boxes and reduce their cost of manufacture.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of one form of the box without the cover. Fig. 2 is a transverse central section thereof. Fig. 3 is a similar section of another form of the box. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the last-named box without the Figs. 5 and 6 are vertical sections of body and block of the box. Fig. 7 is a similar section of the plunger and dies for uniting the body and block.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

A is the body of the box, which preferably consists of a shallow cup stamped out of sheet metal. This cup has a covering B, of silk,

- velvet, leather, or other appropriate material,

. latter, preferably by being driven into the same. This block-cup is somewhatdeeper than that forming the box-body, so that when the inverted cup rests upon the bottom of the body it projects above the latter a sufficient distance to form the usual neck 0, which receives the cover F. (Shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2.) The covering D is applied to the top and sides of the block and folded inwardly over its lower edge, as shown at (Z, so that said folded portion is confined between that edge and the bottom of the box. The central portion of the top of the block is preferably cut out to form an opening 0, leaving a comparatively narrow horizontal flange c at the margin of the cup over which the flexible covering D extends and by which it is supported. By this construction the portion of the covering which overlies the central opening of the block is unsupported and free to be depressed more or less, according to the degree to which it is stretched over the block, thus forming a cushion which is especially adapted to support a brooch, watch, or other article of jewelry. If desired, the flange a may be omitted, giving the block the form of a ring. When the body and block members are thus covered and assembled, their coverings present the appearance of being continuous or made of a single piece, rendering the box very neat and attractive. The body and the block may be covered by any suitable means; but I prefer to employ for this purpose the appliances which are shown in the drawings and constructed as follows: Gris a guide-ring adapted to receive the body-cup A without its covering and constructed of the proper diameter to snugly receive said cup, as shown by full lines in Fig. 5. H indicates a ring or die supporting the guide-ring G and having an internal diameter of the proper size to snugly receive the body-cup A with its covering applied, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 5. In covering the body-cup with this apparatus a piece of the desired fabric or other material is cut into circular form and interposed between the guide-ring G and the die H, a coating of glue or other adhesive material having been previously applied to the back of the covering. The cup A is now pressed through the guide-ring Gr and forced down into the die H until it rests upon the table or other flat surface supporting the die, thus carrying the covering down with the cup and folding it against its sides, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 5. To retard displacement of the covering during this operation and insure its smooth application to the cup, a rubber gasket may be placed between the top of the die and the margin of the covering. The covering of the block C is applied in a similar manner by means of a ring-like die J, having the proper external diameter to fit closely into the first-described die H. After pressing the block-cup and its covering into the small die J, as shown in Fig. 6, the die is inverted and inserted in the upper end of the large die containing the covered body-cup, as shown in Fig. 7. The lower edge of the small die is beveled on its inner side, as shown at j, so

that upon lowering said die in the large onethe beveled edge folds the free upper edge. of the body-covering B inwardly, bringing the same against the folded edge of the blockcovering D, as shown in Fig. 7. The covered block is finally driven into the body by a plunger K, placed in the upper end of the small die J, by which operation the free edge of the body-covering is folded and tightly pressed against the inner side of the body, producing a neat and smooth joint between the two covered cups forming the block and body, while the folded edge of the block-covering is clamped between the lower edge of the block and the bottom of the body.

A box constructed in accordance with this invention not only presents an attractive appearance, but can be produced at much smaller cost than an ordinary box in which the block, neck, and the pad or cushion are separate. In my improved construction the neck and block are formed in a single piece and both have the same covering, thus effecting an important saving in labor and material. In addition to this advantage the construction herein shown and described insures a neck of uniform height without requiring the careful fitting incident to the construction of a box in which the neck is separate from the block.

' In some cases the top of the cup forming the block may be left closed or imperforate, if desired.

Figs. 3 and 4. illustrate a modification of the invention in which the top of the block is provided with one or more lips or clasps 1 for holding an article of jewelry in place thereon. These lips are covered with suitable material and pass through slits in the covering of the block. The lips are formed integral with the sheet-metal block by cutting three-sided slits therein and bending up the tongues so formed, the lips being arranged to face either the center or the edge of the box or laterally, according to the requirements of the article or articles to be held or clasped by the lips, whether the same be a finger-ring, a pair of cuff-buttons or ear-rings, or any other article.

While the invention is herein shown as embodied in a circular box, the same is equally applicable to boxes of other forms.

1 claim as my invention 1. A box of the character described, comprising a cup forming the body of the box, a covering applied to said cup, 2. block consisting of acup-like member inserted in said bodycup and projecting above the same to form a neck, and a covering applied to the top and sides of the block and confined between the body and the block, substantially as set forth.

2. A box of the character described, comprising a cup forming the body of the box, a covering applied to said cup and folded over the upper edge and against the inner side thereof, a block consisting of a cup-like member inserted in the body and projecting above the same to form a neck, and a covering ap plied to the top and sides of the block and hearing at its sides against the folded upper portion of said body-covering, substantially as set forth.

3. A box of the character described, comprising a cup forming the body of the box, a covering applied to said cup and folded over the upper edge and against the inner side thereof, a block consisting of a cup-like member inserted in the body and projecting above the same to form a neck, and a covering applied to the top and sides of the block and folded inwardly over the lower edge thereof,

the side of the block-covering and the folded upper portion of the bodycovering being clamped between the body and the block and the folded lower portion of the block-covering being confined between the lower edge of the block and the bottom of the body, substantiallyas set forth.

4. A box of the character described, comprising a cup forming the body of the box, a covering applied to said cup, a block consisting of an inverted cup inserted in the body and provided in its top with an opening, and a covering extending over the top and sides of the block and confined between the block and the body, substantially as set forth.

5. A box of the character described, comprising a cup forming the body of the box, a

covering applied to said cup, a block consist- JULIUS BERGOFF.

Witnesses: I EDWARD WARNER, C. F. GEYER.

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